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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have been running into enormous frustration due to non-compliance. As newcomers to DC we are somewhat shocked because services were far superior in our prior public school in NY. Is this school specific or just how the District of Columbia handles matters? [/quote]

I'm a teacher but not at Lafayette (I'm at a far less resourced school). We are in utter non-compliance and I keep getting told different things. They basically didn't hire enough staff to service all the hours so they are just not. Most of my IEPs are not being followed. Please get an advocate and a lawyer. Stay on top of things and demand what your child is legally entitled to![/quote]

Does DC hire part time special education teachers? We just moved here and I have an out of state license but I'm not ready to jump in full time. [/quote]

I'm an SLP and have worked for DCPS part time in the past. In order to do part time, I had to go through a contract company (EBS, Progressus-to name two of them) because DCPS doesn't hire part time SLPs-they should but that's another story. 
I believe now all of PT and OT is through contractors.
So there is another layer of paperwork and rigamarole for many related service providers. 
I also had an unmanageable caseload that kept growing as teachers got to know me and would ask me to take a look at struggling kids in their classes. I was spread way too thin and just couldn't maintain the level of service and attention that the kids deserved. My weekly responsibilities included: Seeing kids for their required hours, maintaining data & logs, doing observations and assessments & writing detailed speech and language reports and IEPs, entering quarterly progress reports, maintaining Impact paperwork (because your job is tied to your Impact score), attending IEP meetings, conferencing with teachers/parents/other service providers, being observed by and meeting with contract co. supervisors, responding to emails from the speech office, etc.-all in [u]max. 7 billable hours per school day[/u].  My caseload reached over 40 kids and I worked 3 days (21 hours) a week.  It became way to much for me so I finished the year and went out to the burbs-much more sane out there.
 I'm not sure about special educators, all the teachers that I came in contact with were full time DCPS people but there are definitely vacancies, so maybe. But, really, it may not be worth it. 
To parents-please know that those of us that choose to work in special ed really only want the best for the kids. The system as it is right now, just does not allow us to use our skills and talents to maximum benefit for the students (IMO, of course).[/quote]

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